Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Corniculum

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CORNIC'ULUM. Diminutive of CORNU, any small horn; but, in a more special sense, an ornament bestowed upon meritorious soldiers by their commanding officer, as a mark of distinction (Liv. x. 44.), supposed to have been in the form of a horn, and worn upon the helmet, either as a support for the crest, like the left-hand figure in the engraving (Corniculum/1.1) annexed, from a bas-relief; or affixed to the sides, like the one on the right, from a painting at Pompeii.

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  Corniculum/1.1